SUN JOURNAL • August 30, 2024
Forget about the personalities at the top of the D and R tickets and consider an overriding issue — climate change. One party takes it seriously while the other plays lip service or dismisses it altogether, advocating drilling for more fossil fuel. Project 2025, being promoted by the Republican Party, would downsize the EPA and eliminate NOAA. States would be prevented from adopting stricter emission standards. The National Flood Insurance Program would be turned over to private insurers. Good luck in finding an affordable policy. The Inflation Reduction Act, which offers $350 billion for clean technology, would be repealed. Project 2025 would prevent the federal government from regulating greenhouse gas. What world are we leaving for our children and the generations that follow? ~ Edward Walworth, Lewiston